Braiding-machine.



BRAIDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IfIzB` I6. I9I2.

1,153,826. Patented I. .14, 1915.

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@wom/woz Witmmow v www @5% EOBEET o. BAHN, or WYoMIssING BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon To TEXTILE MACHINE WORKS, OE wYoMIssING, PENNsYLvnNIA,`-n CORPORATION OE BENN- SYLVANIA.

Application led February 16, 19.12. No. 678,014.

"To all whom it may concern.

e it known that I, ROBERT C. RAHM, a

citizen of the United States, andv aresident of the borough of Wyomissing, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braidin'g-Machines, of which the i' following is a specification. l

' This invention Vrelates i particularly to 'i braiding machines comprising a connected. series `of carrier drive gears adaptedto opthe race-way which determines the movev ments of the carriers by means of removably-secured top-plate sections, as fully described in connection :with the accompanying drawings; the novel features of the invention being specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a plan view ofa portion of the carrier 'race-way plate of a braiding machine having my invention applied thereto in 'preferred form; the carriersv from right ,and left respectively being represented as returning upon the angularly arranged compound terminals which embrace the added.

common terminal gear.I Fig. 2 is asimilar view to Fig. 1, but showing the commonterminal course cut out so as to permit the' passing through of the carriers as in plain braiding. Figs. 3 and 4 are diagrammaticv views indicating modications of the Fig. l1

construction. Figs. 5, 6., and 7 indicate-'- modiiied constructions embodying the main features of my invention.

The series of intersecting race-circles 1, 2v, 3, 4, 5 which are shown in Fig. 2 as forming part of a carrier course itor plain braiding,

are respectively concentric with a corresponding series .of intermeshmg carrier drive gears as usual; the only departure shown from the usual arrangement .being that the race-circle 3 is located somewhat out of line with the others, and that the top plate V10 of the machine is provided with a removable section 11, adapted to complete the race -circles '2,' 3, and 4.

Fig. 1 Yfully illustrates my improved stripe braider construction as applied to the plain braider arrangement of Fig. 2. A carrier drive gear 15;, having four carrier engaging horns like the others, but which is' Specification of Letters Paten-1:.V

common terminal arrangement BEAInING-MAOIIINE.

' Patented Sept. 1d, i915.

l provided withmore extended radial grooves, v 1s suitably mounted in toothed engagement with the drive 'gearofthe race circle 3, but separated from the drive gears of race circles 2 and 4; the centers of said gears 15, 2,r and 4 lbeing triangularly arranged. The drive `gear .15 is adapted to serve as the com- -mon member of linkedcompound-terminals,

' left are similarlyA passed through the tangential connecting ways 19 and 20 and the terminal bend 21. These ways are formed, as shown', by-substituting for the Ordinary quoits 2** 3aand 4a, and the removable plate section .1 1, of the plain braider arrangement shown in Fig. 2, the plate sec-l tionsl 2* 3b 4b and 15b shown in Fig. 1'; the effect being to positively guide the returning carriers around 'the' linked compound terminals so as to produce a striped braid instead Of passing Athem throughas for plain braiding. rlhe spacing apart of thecommon-terminal 15 from the coperating gears Ofrace-circles- 2 and 4. respectively, is adapted, as indicated in Fig. 1, to provide in each oase a seven-horn compound terminal, with the gear of race-cirole'3 serving to transfer the carrier over both the tangential ways 16 and 19. ln connection with this common transfer gear are provided additional transfergears 25 and 26 respectively, triangularly arranged around the common terminal gear 15, thereby providing for moving the carriers over the connecting ways 17 and 20. rl`he looping movements ofthe two series of carriers as eii'ected for stripe braiding, is indicated in Fig. 1. lf

it should be desired to use the machine for i' have nine horns each, instead of seven as in F ig. l; and those of- Fig. Ll'having seven minals are shown arranged in line with the u other drive gears and race-circles as usual, instead of being angularlyarranged as -in the preferred construction of -F ig. 1, and the usual series of four transfer gears. at 30,

' 31, 32 and 33 are provided. The outer portion of the race-way for the carriers however, is formed by removably secured plate sections'34, 35, which permit of other raceways being formed by the substitution of other sections, as shown in Fig. 6 where it will bev seen thath'efarriers are moved around the gears 31 and 32 and thusy passed through as required'for plainbraiding. In Fig. 7 the arrangement is similar excepting that the carriers are passed throughv onone side only of the main course by providing an additional drive gear 40 and correspondingly varying the form of the removable plate sections. Thus in each of the constructions shown the removable plate sections enable the same machine to be used either for plain or stripe braiding.

What I claim is 1. A braiding machine having a carrier course comprising linked compound terminals, a Xed' series 4of carrier drive gears including supplemental gears adapted to serve either as carrier transfers `for said compound terminals or for'passing through the carriers, and a carrier race-way formed by removably secured top'- plate sections whereby the movement of the carriers is variably determinedwithout changing the carrier driving gears.

2. In a braiding machine having a carrier course comprising a series of vthree intermeshing drive' gears; a common-terminal drive-gear in mesh w1th `the 'intermediateone .of said three gears; and removable plate sections adapted to form angularly arranged linkedvterminal race-ways whereby the movement of the carriers is variably determined without changing the carrier driving gears, substantially as set forth. 1

3. Abraiding machine having linked compound-terminals comprising a carrier drive gear arranged out-of-alinement with coperating adjacent gears, and an interposed carrier drive-gear arranged in mesh with said out-ofalinement and adjacent gears and adapted to serve as a common transfer 'gearsubstantially as set forth.

4. A braiding machine having linked compound-terminals comprisinga carrier drive gear arranged -outofalinement with coperating adjacent gears, and an interposed 'carrier drive-gearvarranged in mesh with said out-of-alinement and Aadjacent gears and adapted to serve as a common transfer gear, all of said gears having'the same num; ber of carrier-engaging horns.

5. A braidingmachine having linked com- -I' poundfterminals comprising a carrier drive gear arranged out-of-alinement with coperating adjacent gears, and an interposed carrier drive-gear arranged in mesh with said out-of-alinement and adjacent gears and Vadaptedto` serve as a common transfer gear, and additional transfer gears arranged to coperate with said common transfer gear substantially as set forth.

6. A braidingmachine having linked compound-terminals comprising a carrier drive gear arranged out-of-alinement with coperating adjacent gears, and three triangularly arranged carrier-transfer gears one of which is adapted to simultaneously serve both compound terminals substantially as set forth.

7. A braiding machine having linked compound-terminals comprising a carrier drivel gear arranged out-of-alinement with coperatingl adjacent gears, three triangularly arranged carrier-transfer gears one of which is adapted to simultaneouslyserve both# compound terminals and to form part of a through carrier course, and a carrier raceway formed by removably secured top-plate sections whereby the'movement of the carriers is variably determined without changing the carrier driving gears, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof,lI affix my signa- A10.0

Witnesses:

W. G. STEWART, D. M. STEWART. 

